In the Land of Giants and Pygmies (1925)

In the Land of Giants and Pygmies (1925) - Documentary Movies 8 minutes. Nel paese dei colossi e dei pigmei, Au pays des colosses et des pygmées. IN THE LAND OF GIANT PYGMIES, a diary of Aurelio Rossi's 1925 trek into the immense Belgian Congo, preserves a long-gone-Colonial-era wonder at natural resources, "primitive" tribes, customs and costumes in Europe's cast African possessions, and implies that the "dark continent" could benefit from the "civilizing" influences of home. anthropology, american, silent film, travelogue, diary film